Gafoor’s National 1st division 20/20 cricket (Berbice zone)

Oct 26, 2008 Sports

Hicks slams ton, Nagamootoo, Bishoo grab 4-wkt hauls

Albion fined $10,000 for
conceding 1st round match

By Sean Devers
Former Guyana youth Keeper Delbert Hicks slammed the competition’s first century while ex-West Indies Test leg-spinner Mahendra Nagamootoo and first-class leggie Davendra Bishoo grabbed four-wicket hauls last Friday in the second round of the Berbice zone of the National 20/20 first division cricket competition sponsored by Gafoor’s.
The left-handed Hicks, belatedly added to the squad for the President’s Cup three-day competition, smashed 12 fours and here sixes in his exhilarating unbeaten 103 and added 112 with Guyana first-class batsman Royston Crandon (42) as hosts Rose Hall Town Windies Sports Bar (RHTWSB) beat Skeldon by 73 runs while Nagamootoo’s 4-12 helped Port Mourant to an eight-wicket win against Upper Corentyne Reform (UCR).
And former Guyana 20/20 star Imran Khan (39), Ranga Lachigadu (37*) and West Indies left-hander Narsingh Deonarine (29) assisted Albion to a 113-run victory against Scotsburg United as first-class leg-spinner Davendra Bishoo captured 4-3 for the winners.
Waheid Edwards scored his second his consecutive fifty in the competition to spearhead Young Warriors to a seven-wicket win against West Berbice while Ramesh Budram’s even half-century gave Blairmount a 38-run win against Bermine.
Blairmount and Young Warriors with four points from two games lead zone ‘A’ while Port Mourant with four points from two matches and RHTWSB with two points from one game, are the front runners in zone ‘B’ going into the third round which is scheduled for Friday.
Meanwhile, the Berbice Cricket Board of Control has fined Albion $10,000 and their Captain Test opener Sewnarine Chattergoon $3,000 after Chattergoon led his team off the field against Skeldon in their opening round match at Skeldon after a six was signaled by the Umpire although the Albion players claimed that national under-19 player Jonathan Foo had held the catch inside the boundary.
Scores in the matches:-
At Cumberland, Y/Warriors beat W/Berbice by seven wickets.
W/Berbice 154-5 off 20 overs (Kenje Sedoc 45, Ralph Ogle 42; Farouk Hussain 2-32)
Y/Warriors 156-3 off 17.2 overs (Waheid Edwards 59, Paul Wintz 46*, Richard Ramdeen 25)
At Blairmount, Blairmount beat Bermine by 38 runs.
Blairmount 166-7 off 20 overs (Ramesh Budram 50, Eon Abel 47, Karamdat Bissoondial 41; Steven Latcha 2-25, Eugene La Fleur 2-27)
Bermine 128 off 19 overs (Devon Clements 32, Jomal La Fleur 29; Eon Abel 3-19, Ramesh Budram 2-11, Bisnarine Basdeo 2-24)
At Port Mourant, P/Mourant whipped Upper Corentyne Reform by eight wickets.
UCR 96 in 19.5 overs (Virvasha Ramdharry 25; Mahendra Nagamootoo 4-12, Rajendra Bolo 3-5)
P/Mourant 97-2 off 12.2 overs (Devendra Thakurdeen 51, Moshin Perkhan 27)
At Rose Hall Town, RHTWSB beat Skeldon by 73 runs
RHTWSB 200-3 off 20 overs (Delbert Hicks 103*, Royston Crandon 42, Assad Fudadin 25*)
Skeldon 127 in 19 overs (Sherwin Murray 60, Colin France 26; Assad Fudadin 3-12, Esaun Crandon 2-11, Royston Crandon 2-19)
At Albion, the hosts beat Scotsburg United by 113 runs
Albion 168-2 in 20 overs (Doodnauth Lallbeharry 54, Imran Khan 39, Ranga Lachigadu 37*, Narsingh Deonarine 29*)
Scotsburg United 65 in 18.2 overs (Alex Amsterdam 20; Davendra Bishoo 4-3, Orvin Mangru 2-3, Doodnauth Lallbeharry 2-18)